Source | 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
2023 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 84) | |
Date | 30 Jan 2024 |
As per the report of The Technical Group by the National Commission, The population of Punjab is projected to be 30,796,000 or 30.8 million or 3.08 crores as of July 1, 2023. Punjab is the 16th most populous state in india. Punjab’s population is projected to reach 3.27 cr in 2036.
The size of the population of Punjab is equivalent to Nepal, the 49th most populous country in the world.
In 2023, the sex ratio of the total population in Punjab is 110.513 females per 100 males. There are 16,167,000 or 16.2 million or 1.62 cr males and 14,629,000 or 14.6 million or 1.46 cr females in Punjab. Punjab has 1,538,000 or 1.5 mn more females than males.
Punjab accounts for 2.21 percent of the India population, that is 0.95% less than the peak level of 3.16 % in 1901. Population growth rate for 2023 is projected at 0.64 % with addition of 196 k more people.
According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Punjab was 2.77 cr, increasing from 2.44 cr in 2001. There were 14,639,465 males and 13,103,873 females, with a sex ratio of 111.719 males per 100 females. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 13.89 %, 6.21 % less than 1991-2001 period. Population of Punjab had increased by 3.38 million during the decade 2001-2011.
Population of Punjab, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was only around 7.5 million increased by approx four times in a period of 122 years to reach 30.8 million at 2023.
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |||
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Total | Male | Female | Net Change | rate (%) | India | |
2011 | 27,836,000 | 14,687,000 | 13,150,000 | - | - | 2.29 |
2012 | 28,116,000 | 14,828,000 | 13,288,000 | 280,000 | 1.006 | 2.28 |
2013 | 28,395,000 | 14,970,000 | 13,425,000 | 279,000 | 0.992 | 2.27 |
2014 | 28,674,000 | 15,111,000 | 13,563,000 | 279,000 | 0.983 | 2.27 |
2015 | 28,954,000 | 15,253,000 | 13,701,000 | 280,000 | 0.976 | 2.26 |
2016 | 29,220,000 | 15,387,000 | 13,833,000 | 266,000 | 0.919 | 2.25 |
2017 | 29,460,000 | 15,506,000 | 13,953,000 | 240,000 | 0.821 | 2.25 |
2018 | 29,699,000 | 15,626,000 | 14,074,000 | 239,000 | 0.811 | 2.24 |
2019 | 29,939,000 | 15,745,000 | 14,194,000 | 240,000 | 0.808 | 2.24 |
2020 | 30,179,000 | 15,864,000 | 14,315,000 | 240,000 | 0.802 | 2.23 |
2021 | 30,404,000 | 15,975,000 | 14,429,000 | 225,000 | 0.746 | 2.22 |
2022 | 30,600,000 | 16,071,000 | 14,529,000 | 196,000 | 0.645 | 2.22 |
2023 | 30,796,000 | 16,167,000 | 14,629,000 | 196,000 | 0.641 | 2.21 |
2024 | 30,992,000 | 16,263,000 | 14,729,000 | 196,000 | 0.636 | 2.21 |
2025 | 31,188,000 | 16,359,000 | 14,829,000 | 196,000 | 0.632 | 2.20 |
2026 | 31,370,000 | 16,447,000 | 14,922,000 | 182,000 | 0.584 | 2.19 |
2027 | 31,523,000 | 16,521,000 | 15,002,000 | 153,000 | 0.488 | 2.19 |
2028 | 31,677,000 | 16,595,000 | 15,082,000 | 154,000 | 0.489 | 2.18 |
2029 | 31,831,000 | 16,669,000 | 15,162,000 | 154,000 | 0.486 | 2.18 |
2030 | 31,984,000 | 16,743,000 | 15,241,000 | 153,000 | 0.481 | 2.17 |
2031 | 32,125,000 | 16,810,000 | 15,315,000 | 141,000 | 0.441 | 2.17 |
2032 | 32,239,000 | 16,862,000 | 15,377,000 | 114,000 | 0.355 | 2.16 |
2033 | 32,353,000 | 16,915,000 | 15,439,000 | 114,000 | 0.354 | 2.16 |
2034 | 32,468,000 | 16,967,000 | 15,500,000 | 115,000 | 0.355 | 2.15 |
2035 | 32,582,000 | 17,020,000 | 15,562,000 | 114,000 | 0.351 | 2.15 |
2036 | 32,696,000 | 17,072,000 | 15,624,000 | 114,000 | 0.350 | 2.14 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Change | rate (%) | to India | ||
1901 | 7,544,790 | - | - | 3.16 |
1911 | 6,731,510 | -813,280 | -10.78 | 2.67 |
1921 | 7,152,811 | 421,301 | 6.26 | 2.85 |
1931 | 8,012,325 | 859,514 | 12.02 | 2.87 |
1941 | 9,600,236 | 1,587,911 | 19.82 | 3.01 |
1951 | 9,160,500 | -439,736 | -4.58 | 2.54 |
1961 | 11,135,069 | 1,974,569 | 21.56 | 2.54 |
1971 | 13,551,060 | 2,415,991 | 21.70 | 2.47 |
1981 | 16,788,915 | 3,237,855 | 23.89 | 2.46 |
1991 | 20,281,969 | 3,493,054 | 20.81 | 2.40 |
2001 | 24,358,999 | 4,077,030 | 20.10 | 2.37 |
2011 | 27,743,338 | 3,384,339 | 13.89 | 2.29 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 1,149,956 | 983,573 | 2,133,529 | 7.69 | 116.916 |
05-09 | 1,301,682 | 1,066,337 | 2,368,019 | 8.54 | 122.070 |
10-14 | 1,445,530 | 1,137,872 | 2,583,402 | 9.31 | 127.038 |
15-19 | 1,570,180 | 1,247,503 | 2,817,683 | 10.16 | 125.866 |
20-24 | 1,465,531 | 1,311,105 | 2,776,636 | 10.01 | 111.778 |
25-29 | 1,270,405 | 1,193,456 | 2,463,861 | 8.88 | 106.448 |
30-34 | 1,082,533 | 1,034,006 | 2,116,539 | 7.63 | 104.693 |
35-39 | 1,010,862 | 978,209 | 1,989,071 | 7.17 | 103.338 |
40-44 | 909,208 | 879,261 | 1,788,469 | 6.45 | 103.406 |
45-49 | 818,135 | 769,636 | 1,587,771 | 5.72 | 106.302 |
50-54 | 663,664 | 590,800 | 1,254,464 | 4.52 | 112.333 |
55-59 | 485,845 | 470,710 | 956,555 | 3.45 | 103.215 |
60-64 | 482,483 | 514,107 | 996,590 | 3.59 | 93.849 |
65-69 | 372,806 | 346,782 | 719,588 | 2.59 | 107.504 |
70-74 | 272,120 | 241,352 | 513,472 | 1.85 | 112.748 |
75-79 | 130,203 | 126,463 | 256,666 | 0.93 | 102.957 |
80-84 | 102,623 | 103,712 | 206,335 | 0.74 | 98.950 |
85-89 | 40,280 | 40,951 | 81,231 | 0.29 | 98.361 |
90-94 | 25,180 | 27,694 | 52,874 | 0.19 | 90.922 |
95-99 | 9,428 | 10,592 | 20,020 | 0.07 | 89.011 |
100+ | 8,539 | 10,502 | 19,041 | 0.07 | 81.308 |
Age not stated | 22,272 | 19,250 | 41,522 | 0.15 | 115.699 |
Total | 14,639,465 | 13,103,873 | 27,743,338 | 111.719 |
District | Rank | Population | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Sex ratio | ||||
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Male | Female | Total | Share (%) | F per 1000 M | M per 100 F | ||||
Gurdaspur | 3 | 1,212,617 | 1,085,706 | 2,298,323 | 8.28 | 71.31 | 28.69 | 895 | 111.689 |
Kapurthala | 14 | 426,311 | 388,857 | 815,168 | 2.94 | 65.35 | 34.65 | 912 | 109.632 |
Jalandhar | 4 | 1,145,211 | 1,048,379 | 2,193,590 | 7.91 | 47.07 | 52.93 | 915 | 109.236 |
Hoshiarpur | 8 | 809,057 | 777,568 | 1,586,625 | 5.72 | 78.89 | 21.11 | 961 | 104.050 |
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar | 18 | 313,291 | 299,019 | 612,310 | 2.21 | 79.52 | 20.48 | 954 | 104.773 |
Fatehgarh Sahib | 19 | 320,795 | 279,368 | 600,163 | 2.16 | 69.09 | 30.91 | 871 | 114.829 |
Ludhiana | 1 | 1,867,816 | 1,630,923 | 3,498,739 | 12.61 | 40.84 | 59.16 | 873 | 114.525 |
Moga | 11 | 525,920 | 469,826 | 995,746 | 3.59 | 77.18 | 22.82 | 893 | 111.939 |
Firozpur | 5 | 1,071,637 | 957,437 | 2,029,074 | 7.31 | 72.77 | 27.23 | 893 | 111.928 |
Muktsar | 13 | 475,622 | 426,274 | 901,896 | 3.25 | 72.04 | 27.96 | 896 | 111.577 |
Faridkot | 17 | 326,671 | 290,837 | 617,508 | 2.23 | 64.85 | 35.15 | 890 | 112.321 |
Bathinda | 9 | 743,197 | 645,328 | 1,388,525 | 5.00 | 64.05 | 35.95 | 868 | 115.166 |
Mansa | 15 | 408,732 | 361,019 | 769,751 | 2.77 | 78.75 | 21.25 | 883 | 113.216 |
Patiala | 6 | 1,002,522 | 893,164 | 1,895,686 | 6.83 | 59.74 | 40.26 | 891 | 112.244 |
Amritsar | 2 | 1,318,408 | 1,172,248 | 2,490,656 | 8.98 | 46.42 | 53.58 | 889 | 112.468 |
Tarn Taran | 10 | 589,369 | 530,258 | 1,119,627 | 4.04 | 87.34 | 12.66 | 900 | 111.148 |
Rupnagar | 16 | 357,485 | 327,142 | 684,627 | 2.47 | 74.03 | 25.97 | 915 | 109.275 |
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | 12 | 529,253 | 465,375 | 994,628 | 3.59 | 45.24 | 54.76 | 879 | 113.726 |
Sangrur | 7 | 878,029 | 777,140 | 1,655,169 | 5.97 | 68.83 | 31.17 | 885 | 112.982 |
Barnala | 20 | 317,522 | 278,005 | 595,527 | 2.15 | 67.98 | 32.02 | 876 | 114.214 |